going to give to us, to try to justify what they are not giving to us. but in detailing that, it showed that they probably have been lying to the commission and members of congress when they say the political appointees, political leadership was not involved in the decision to drop many of the black panther charges. it shows that the number two, the number three of the department were involved. other political officials were involved deeply in the decision to drop it. it shows that the attorney general may have been briefed on this issue. that belies everything they have been telling us. the commission asked outright, the head of the civil rights division, tom perez, was there any political leadership involved in the decision? he said no. the documents show that's not true. >> shannon: all right. i want to -- we reached out to the department of justice and i want to give back the feedback they gave to us. political appointees got involved in the decision to drop most of the charges. they said, "it's clear that the civil rights attorneys made decision reg